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THE GAMMA-MOTH, 
the character on the anterior ■\vings is sometimes of 
a golden hue. 
The caterpillar is green, with a faint yellow strealc 
along the sides, and white ones along the back ; it 
feeds on almost any of our common field plants, 
and is well known for the extensive depredations it 
sometimes commits. (PI. xxv. fig. 3.) The moth 
is found from April to September, and, even so late 
as the beginning of November it may sometimes be 
seen in fine weather hovering about the few flowers 
that retain their blossoms till that season. It seems 
to inhabit all parts of Britain : we have seen speci- 
mens from the most northern quarters of Scotland. 
BURNISHED-BRASS MOTH. 
Plusia CTirysUis. 
PLATE XXV. Pig. 4. 
Phal. Noct. Chrysitis, Linn,; Don. iv. PI. 137 Phytometra 
Clirysitis, Lfatvorih Biirnished-Moth, Wilkes Buruishcd- 
Brass Moth, Harris' Aurel. PI. 22. — Plusia Chrysitis, Och- 
sen, Steph. 
This elegant species is about the size of the pre- 
ceding, but differs firom many others belonging to the 
same genus in the shape of the wings. The ante- 
rior pair are pale fuscous, ornamented with a broad 
band near the base, generally of a golden-green 
